"She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"

hold, carry, bear(verb)

support or hold in a certain manner

"She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

have a bun in the oven, bear, carry, gestate, expect(verb)

be pregnant with

"She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

Bear(verb)

to support or sustain; to hold up

Bear(verb)

to support and remove or carry; to convey

Bear(verb)

to conduct; to bring; -- said of persons

Bear(verb)

to possess and use, as power; to exercise

Bear(verb)

to sustain; to have on (written or inscribed, or as a mark), as, the tablet bears this inscription

Bear(verb)

to possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name

Bear(verb)

to possess mentally; to carry or hold in the mind; to entertain; to harbor

Bear(verb)

to endure; to tolerate; to undergo; to suffer

Bear(verb)

to gain or win

Bear(verb)

to sustain, or be answerable for, as blame, expense, responsibility, etc

Bear(verb)

to render or give; to bring forward

Bear(verb)

to carry on, or maintain; to have

Bear(verb)

to admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change

Bear(verb)

to manage, wield, or direct

Bear(verb)

to behave; to conduct

Bear(verb)

to afford; to be to; to supply with

Bear(verb)

to bring forth or produce; to yield; as, to bear apples; to bear children; to bear interest

Bear(verb)

to produce, as fruit; to be fruitful, in opposition to barrenness

Bear(verb)

to suffer, as in carrying a burden

Bear(verb)

to endure with patience; to be patient

Bear(verb)

to press; -- with on or upon, or against

Bear(verb)

to take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear

Bear(verb)

to relate or refer; -- with on or upon; as, how does this bear on the question?

Bear(verb)

to have a certain meaning, intent, or effect

Bear(verb)

to be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E

Bear(noun)

a bier

Bear(noun)

any species of the genus Ursus, and of the closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora, but they live largely on fruit and insects

Bear(noun)

an animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea bear

Bear(noun)

one of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor

Bear(noun)

metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person

Bear(noun)

a person who sells stocks or securities for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the market

Bear(noun)

a portable punching machine

Bear(noun)

a block covered with coarse matting; -- used to scour the deck

Bear(verb)

to endeavor to depress the price of, or prices in; as, to bear a railroad stock; to bear the market

Bear(noun)

alt. of Bere

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Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous and the giant panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo, the remaining six species are omnivorous, with varied diets.
With the exceptions of courting individuals and mothers with their young, bears are typically solitary animals. They are generally diurnal, but may be active during the night or twilight, particularly around humans. Bears are aided by an excellent sense of smell, and despite their heavy build and awkward gait, they can run quickly and are adept climbers and swimmers. In autumn, some bear species forage large amounts of fermented fruits, which affects their behaviour. Bears use shelters, such as caves and burrows, as their dens; most species occupy their dens during the winter for a long period of sleep similar to hibernation.

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Bear

bār, v.t. to carry or support: to endure: to admit of: to be entitled to: to afford: to import: to manage: to behave or conduct one's self: to bring forth or produce.—v.i. to suffer: to be patient: to have reference to: to press (with on or upon): to be situated:—pr.p.bear′ing; pa.t. bōre; pa.p. bōrne (but the pa.p. when used to mean 'brought forth' is born).—adj.Bear′able, that may be borne or endured.—n.Bear′ableness.—adv.Bear′ably.—ns.Bear′er, one who or that which bears, esp. one who assists in carrying a body to the grave: a carrier or messenger; Bear′ing, behaviour: situation of one object with regard to another: relation: that which is borne upon an escutcheon: (mach.) the part of a shaft or axle in contact with its supports; Bear′ing-cloth, the mantle or cloth in which a child was carried to the font; Bear′ing-rein, the fixed rein between the bit and the saddle, by which a horse's head is held up in driving and its neck made to arch.—Bear hard (Shak.), to press or urge; Bear in hand (Shak.), to keep in expectation, to flatter one's hopes; To bear a hand, to give assistance; To bear away, to sail away; To bear down (with upon or towards), to sail with the wind; To bear out, to corroborate; To bear up, to keep up one's courage; To bear up for (a place), to sail towards; To bear with, to make allowance for; To be borne in (upon the) mind, to be forcibly impressed upon it; To bring to bear, to bring into operation (with against, upon); To lose one's bearings, to become uncertain as to one's position. [A.S. beran; Goth. bairan, L. ferre, Gr. pher-ein, Sans. bhri.]

Bear

an obsolete form of Bier.

Bear

bār, n. a heavy quadruped of the order Carnivora, with long shaggy hair and hooked claws: any rude, rough, or ill-bred fellow: one who sells stocks for delivery at a future date, anticipating a fall in price so that he may buy first at an advantage—opp. to Bull: the old phrase 'a bearskin jobber' suggests an origin in the common proverb, 'to sell the bearskin before one has caught the bear' (hence To bear, to speculate for a fall): (astron.) the name of two constellations, the Great and the Little Bear.—ns.Bear′-ber′ry, a trailing plant of the heath family, a species of the Arbutus; Bear′bine, a species of convolvulus, closely allied to the bindweed; Bear′-gar′den, an enclosure where bears are kept; a rude, turbulent assembly.—adj.Bear′ish, like a bear.—ns.Bear′ishness; Bear′-lead′er, a person who leads about a bear for exhibition: the tutor or governor of a youth at the university or on travel; Bear's′-breech, a common name for plants of the genus Acanthus; Bear's′-ear, a common English name for the auricula; Bear's′-foot, a species of hellebore; Bear′skin, the skin of a bear: a shaggy woollen cloth for overcoats: the high fur cap worn by the Guards in England; Bear′-ward, a warden or keeper of bears. [A.S. bera; Ger. bär; cf. L. fera, a wild beast, akin to Gr. thēr, Æolian phēr.]

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Bear

name given in the Stock Exchange to one who contracts to deliver stock at a fixed price on a certain day, in contradistinction from the bull, or he who contracts to take it, the interest of the former being that, in the intervening time, the stocks should fall, and that of the latter that they should rise.

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bear

Is a type of animal and mammal created in various colors and sizes.

Bear live in various countries on the planet.

British National Corpus

Spoken Corpus Frequency

Rank popularity for the word 'BEAR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2322

Written Corpus Frequency

Rank popularity for the word 'BEAR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1987